La Salle Academy - Maroon and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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Mrs. slcrotne I'. Nolan. Roger Ifaucher. Brother Cornelius. Nloderator, and Williatn Nlurphy. Centenary N Iti0S St, jean Baptiste de I.a Salle. lullx cognizant ol' the educational needs ol the poor children ol' his natixe Rheinis. opened a lree school for boys. .Ks various priests in other parishes saw the marvelous work being done by St. De La Salle. priest after priest begged hitn to open schools in their parishes. Seeing that his schools were becoming tnore nutnerotts, Ile La Salle decided to unity his teachers into a religious hotly, 'lihus was planted the seed of what is now one ol' the greatest and largest Institutes in the Catholic Church. the Institute ol' the Brothers ol' the Christian Schools. Although the early expansion was concentrated in the countries ol' Iiurope. by lS30 the Institttte was operating on a world-wide basis. Four Christian Brothers lrotn France began ltr teach in Montreal in INST. The report ol' their acttontplishntents in dealing with the Canadian, French. Irish and Indian boys tllti- ntately reached Baltimore. Maryland. and prompted .Xrchbishop Iiccleston to secure their services for .klllCl'lC'llll Schools. 'I'hree Brothers ol Irish descent were assigned lilillll Montreal in ISIS to take charge ol' Calxert Hall school in the Cathedral parish ol' lialtintore. Actually. the New York l'rorince saw its beginning under the direction ol' Brother Ifacile, I7.S.C.. in ISIN when a cotnntunity ol' Brothers was opened in St. Yincents Parish on Canal Street in lower New York. llrothers from this cotntnunity hrancihed out to found ntany grammar schools. and high schools and the famous Manhattan College. Within fire years of the lirst foundation in New York City, schools had been opened in Troy. Utica. .Xlbany and Detroit. and the roots of new provinces were planted in St. Louis, Missouri: Galveston, Texas. XVashington, II. C, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Today approximately I000 Brothers teach 31,000 young tuen in schools ol' the hve provinces of New York-New Iingland, Baltimore. St. Louis, San Ifraucisco and Santa Ife. Of these the New York-New England Province is the largest. The Brothers completed their first century ol labor in the United States in IEH5, hut, because ol' the war. the Centenial celebration was postponed ttntil IDIS. Tlierelore, throughout the country this year. Brothers' Boys held banquets, drives and other celebrations in honor of the Christian Brothers. In observance of the Brothers' hundred rears ol' service a Solemn Poutilical Mass was celebrated in the Cathedral ol' Saint l'eter antl Saint Paul for the Students of the I.a Salle Acacletny. How wottderlul it was to hear the beautiful notes ol' the Mass sung by our own I,a Salle Acadetuy Glee Club! Besides the l'ontiIical Mass, the Brothers ol' the three Rhode Island Schools conducted a drive. 'llhe drive at La Salle centered merely on the Mutuui. tum